Resilient tire.



D. Af YORK.

Patented NOV. 4, 1913.

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DAVID A. YORK, 0F NORTHGROVE, INDIANA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4., 1913.

Application filed December 7, 1912. Serial No. 735384.

citizen of the United States, residing at Northgrove, in the county of Miami and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Resilient Tires, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to resilient tires for vehicle wheels and it, consists in the inexpensive, efficient and durable tire hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification: F igure 1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section of one-half of awheel equipped with my novel tire; it being understood that the portion of the wheel not shown is identical in construction with the half illustrated. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section taken through the wheel rim and the tire. Fig. 3

' is-a view similar to Fig. 2 and illustrating a modified construction for eilecting connection of the tire to the rim of a wheel.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

The wheel 1 may be provided with a rim 2 of the form shown in Fig. 2 in crosssection, or of any other form compatible with the purpose of my invention without involving departure from the scope of same as claimed.

My novel tire 3 is formed of rubber or other resilient material or composition of materials, such as known in the art, and is gradually increased in width from a point adjacent its inner edge to a point adjacent its perimeter.

The tire is rendered light in weight, kept cool and its resiliency is increased by the provision in the tire of openings 4 extending transversely through thetire, and. separated by solid tire portions, as shown in Fig. 1. The said openings 4. are preferably of the shape of a truncated cone, and are arranged with their smaller ends outward. At opposite sides of its inner edge portion the tire is provided with flanges 5, designed to be arranged in and held by the inturned flanges 6 of the rim 2, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

By reason of the tire 3 being radually increased in width from a point a jacent to its inner edge to a point adjacent its perimeter, and being provided in its inner portion, ati'ntei vals, with transverse openings that extend throughout the-width of the innerportion, it will be manifest-that the tire :is calculated to collapse and in that way adequately cushion a vehicle when the same 18 traveling over a rough road; also, that the tire characterized as stated is calculated to resume its normal state as soon as reheved of pressure and is also calculated to last and to retain its resiliency or cushioning capacity for an indefinite period. Embedded in the flanges 5 of the tire and extending entirely around the tire are reinforcing wires 7 and embedded in the central portion of the tire, adjacent the inner edge thereof and between the wires 5, is a reinforcing wire 8, which also extends entirely around the tire. In addition to the wires 7 and 8, the tire is provided atv intervals of its length with small rods or wires 9. Thesesmall wires or rods 9 are spaced apart, as shown in l, and are arranged transversely of the tire, and with their intermediate portions at the outer side of the vertical central wire or rod 8, and with their ends extending to points adjacent the side rods or wires. 7. The rods 7, 8 and 9 are possessed of resiliency, and consequently it will be manifest that while the said rods will lend increased stiffness and durability to the held inner portion of the tire, they will not preclude or materially interfere with the inner portion of the tire being bent transversely into concavo-convcx shape, as is necessary to the crowding of the said inner tire portion into the rim 2. When the tire is positioned in the said rim, the side rods 7 will enable the rim flanges 6 to strongly hold the tire, and in thisthe said rods 7 will be assisted by the vertical central rod 8 and the transverse rods 9; the rods 9 serving, by tending to assume. a straight state, as shown in Fig. 2, to crowd the tire flanges into the rim flanges. When, however, it is desired to remove the tire from the rim, the same'can be accomplished by pulling outward on the tire to asuflicient degree to cause the inner portion of the tire to assume a concave shape in cross-section.

As shown in Fig. 3, the cross-section shape of the tire may be varied without departure from the scope of my claimed invention. With the exception of shape, however, the tire 3, shown in Fig. 3, is identical with the tire 3 of F igs. 1 and 2.

In Fig. 3, the tire-receiving and holding rim is formed by two plates 2 fixed to op posite sides of the wheel -felly 1", and having flanges 6 shaped to receive the tire flanges5.- M

It will be gathered from the foregoing that my novel tire, while simple and inexensiv e, is highly resilient and embodies no eatures that are liable to wear out -or be-,

' and prevent the transmission of the same through the wheel to the vehicle equipped I with the, wheeL- -1- ranged in the tire at points between the The transverse rods or wires 9 are artransverse openings of the tire. By virtue of said relative arrangement the rods or wires 9 will stiffen the portions of the tire base'at opposite sides of the transverse openings, in the direction of the width of said base, without detracting from the resiliency of those portions of the tire that are in the same radial planes as the transverse openings. It will also be observed that the reinforcing wires 7 and 8 extending entirely around the tire serve effectually to prevent undue spreadingof the tire portions between the transverse openings in the direction of the length of the tire, and in that way 0011- tribute materially to the resiliency of the tire and at the same time prolon the usefulness thereof. It will further be observed that the 'my hand in wires 7 and 8 are spaced from each other and from the transverse rods or wires 9' as tire having spaced transverse openings extending throughout the width thereof.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

The combination with a tire formed of resilient material and having spaced transverse openings in its inner portion extending throughout its width and also having flanges at the sides of its inner edge portion; of circular side rods embeddedlin the said flanges of the tire, a centralcircular rod embedded in the inner edge portion of the tire, and spaced transverse rods embedded in the inner edge portion of the tire at the outer side of and spaced from the central rod and side rods, and having their ends disposed adjacent the side rods, the several rodsbeing resilient, and-the transverse rods being arranged at points between the trans verse openings of the tire.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set presence of two subscribing DAV ID A. YORK.

witnesses.

Witnesses:

CHARLES M. Perry, T. G. STEWART.

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Washington, D. G. 

